Comments on: Insider: Theros – Land of Hidden Value

By: Bobg

Bobg — Fri, 22 May 2015 01:22:57 +0000

Nice read. I hope your correct about Spirit of the Labyrinth. I had come to a similar conclusion and have picked up 60 of them to hold for a while. Thanks for insight/perspective.

By: Jared Elick

Jared Elick — Thu, 21 May 2015 08:18:46 +0000

In reply to Cameron Barnes. If the card has large maindeck Modern, Legacy, and EDH playability, and is not already over 200% of nonfoil, pick it up.

By: Blake

Blake — Thu, 21 May 2015 07:40:28 +0000

Very good article, Broodmaster flew completely under my radar. It wasn’t really mentioned in the article, but I think Eidolon of the Great Revel is also a good target, though I doubt it will drop much upon rotation (as opposed to other eternal-playable cards like Thoughtseize and Mana Confluence).

Thanks for the insight, people (myself included) tend to pay way more attention to flashy upcoming sets than sets rotating out.

By: yuka

yuka — Wed, 20 May 2015 22:39:19 +0000

I think Mana Confluence’s high price is mostly from Standard. It’s VERY popular right now. Once it rotates out of Standard, I don’t think there will be enough demand to support its current price. Modern has such a good manabase that no 3-color decks would want to run it. And even if a few 4-5 color decks and/or Legacy decks want it, there’s a easily accessible, $2.5 and almost identical replacement in City of Brass. So the real question isn’t how many players need a five color pain land, it’s how many players need a five color pain land, and would pay an extra $7 to get a marginal upgrade on it.

By: Greg Harding

Greg Harding — Wed, 20 May 2015 15:18:01 +0000

Do we think mana confluence will actually come down much more. I’ve looked at a couple graphs and it has appeared to have stabilized. Thoughts?

By: Kelly Reid

Kelly Reid — Wed, 20 May 2015 15:07:45 +0000

This was an awesome, thorough run-down. Some of these calls are really, really solid.

By: Wood

Wood — Wed, 20 May 2015 13:21:51 +0000

Great article with good information. It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of new sets, so these types of articles are the reason my QS sub will continue. Keep up the great work.

By: Wood

Wood — Wed, 20 May 2015 13:20:09 +0000

In reply to Christopher Dube. I have an Athreos TL deck and he is a house. He works great in an agro shell where either decision for your opponent is a bad one. I suspect he may drop a little, but his edh/tl appeal will prevent a massive drop in my opinion.

By: David Schumann

David Schumann — Wed, 20 May 2015 12:22:42 +0000

In reply to Christopher Dube. I know it was aimed at Brian...but I'll at least throw out my two cents..Athreos is an AMAZING card in EDH (and TL). His current price tag is entirely tied to this and not his "standard" playability. The fact that he came from Journey (which due to draft/prize structure) means there are fewer of him out there than Theros mythics and that implies that any spikes in demand will cause a much larger spike in price than to a similar mythic from Theros.

By: Christopher Dube

Christopher Dube — Wed, 20 May 2015 12:06:29 +0000

Brian, what do you think about Athreos as a Commander/TL card? It was super hyped upon release but didn’t go anywhere. It has maintained a ~$10 price tag for a while without really seeing play. Think it’s going to drop hard or where is the demand coming from? Casual/EDH?

Thanks as always.

By: Cameron Barnes

Cameron Barnes — Wed, 20 May 2015 10:01:27 +0000

Excellent article! I was hoping you could give some advice on how you decide when to buy foils or nonfoils of these kinds of specs? Foils for the gods seems like a great idea, but the multiplier is already so high! On what basis do you figure out whether a foil is a better spec than the non-spec?